Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Selections for Curragh – June 26th 2026
4.33: TREAN (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.05: BANG BANG – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.35: TOFINO – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (3)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.10: SMOKE THEM OUT – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 6.45: NODOFAPPROVAL – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.20: TOKYO TOWER – EW – (OISIN MURPHY/JACK FOLEY) 7.55: KILMEADEN –…
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The Late Trevor Dietz
Sincere sympathy to the mother, siblings, partner and all who will mourn the incredible loss of the loss of music industry trend setter Trevor Dietz who passed away recently in Brighton UK. We studied together years ago in BCFE (Ballyfermot) and though initially we would have had little or nothing in common, through his warm,…
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Paul Clancy Galway – RIP
Whoever said you should never meet your heroes can go and do one. When those once admired from afar become friends is one of the most special things which can occur in a life. I’ve been blessed to have had that experience with generations of Meath footballers. Going all the way back to 1939 captain…
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Selections for Naas – June 24th 2026
5.10: MADAM SECRETARY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.40: HOOVES YOUR DADDY – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JARLATH FAHEY) 6.10: GO JUST DO IT (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.40: CAMEO (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.10: PRIORSTOWN – EW – (RORY MULLIGAN (2*) /JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.40: SALIBA (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 8.10: MOONLIT SUN (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON)
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An ongoing journey of development… To be continued
It’s very easy to arrive at conclusions that seem obvious. It doesn’t always work out as such though. So it was in MacHale Park Castlebar on Saturday evening last. The dismissal of Ronan Jones was hoisted as Exhibit A in the dissection of where matters went wrong for Meath in the west. Yes, it was…
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Gilesy might have hogged the duvet but Joanne would send you to sleep
I’m not sure if Apres Match is even still a thing anymore, but, when they were in their pomp, the triumvirate of Risteard Cooper, Gary Cooke and Barry Murphy were part of the staple diet of RTE’s coverage of any major soccer tournament. Indeed, if the old remember box is working, they even strayed into…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – June 22nd 2026
5.25: FEMME BEAUTY (MAX POPAN (7)/KEN CONDON) 5.55: NERMAL (ANDREW J. SLATTERY/ANDY SLATTERY) 6.25: HARANA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.55: MARMALEDOVA – EW – (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 7.27: FLAGSTONE LADY – EW – (COLIN KEANE/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 8.00: SONIC INVADER (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 8.30: SWITCH FROM DIESEL (COLIN KEANE/ROSS O’SULLIVAN)
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A heart breaking gut punch but has it been coming?
MEATH…2-13 MAYO…0-22 Gut feelings are seldom wrong. Unfortunately. Perhaps the old adage about things being too good to be true holds true more often than we might care to admit. Just as they had done in matches against Louth and Cork throughout the season, Meath were off the starting blocks in Bolt-like fashion. With Ciaran…
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Selections for Down Royal – June 20th 2026
2.08: VAUNTINGLY (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.41: THEOLOGIA (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.16: SWIFT CHARM (GAVIN RYAN/W. R. CRAWFORD) 3.53: FIVER FRIDAY (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.33: MERGUS SERRATOR (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.13: GREY FABLE – EW – (ROBBIE COLGAN/KARL THORNTON) 5.43: JOE COOL (ADAM CAFFREY/NOEL MEADE)
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Selections for Down Royal – June 19th 2026
5.10: TRADEWINDS (CHRIS HAYES/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 5.40: TREASURED ROYAL (RORY MULLIGAN (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.15: SPIRIT ABOVE (RORY MULLIGAN (5)/KEVIN M. SMITH) 6.50: NOUVEL ESPOIR – EW – (SHAY WALLACE (7)/JIMMY BARCOE) 7.25: JOGA BONITO (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 8.00: TREASURE ROSE (DONAGH O’CONNOR/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 8.30: DERVO ANNIE (JACK KEARNEY (3)/CLAIRE O’CONNELL)
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